IACAT would like to welcome Alper Sahin (Turkey) as Director of Education. Alper will work on increasing the quantity and quality of IACAT resources available to help researchers learn and apply the technology of computerized adaptive testing (CAT), and you will likely see correspondence or other materials from him. We thank Alper in advance for his efforts!

IACAT members will be able to vote for our next Vice President of the Board. The Vice President will become President and then Past President of the Board. This is an important leadership position for IACAT and how our bi-annual conferences continue.

We would like members to vote for one of the nominated candidates. They are:

The 2015 IACAT conference is scheduled for 13-15 September in Cambridge, UK, hosted by the Psychometrics Centre and the University of Cambridge. The window for submitting proposals was recently extended to July 31. To submit a proposal, or for more information on the process, please visit http://iacat.org/node/add/2015-conference-session-proposal.

The IACAT board would like to receive nominations for Vice President. The Vice President becomes President and then Past President, each for a two year period. Nominations should be sent to cliff.donath@philips.com

You may nominate yourself or other persons interested and knowledgeable in adaptive testing. Please send a biography for the person being nominated. The membership will vote once we have the nominations (due by July 30, 2015).

As recently announced, the 2015 IACAT conference will be held at the University of Cambridge, 14-16 September. Below is a link with a survey regarding the 2014 conference, in an effort to obtain input so we can improve the conference for next year. Thank you to everyone who attended this year's conference, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!